Federal agencies, the Michigan State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Battle Creek Police Department have been involved in the investigation.

Balyo was ordered to forfeit several electronic items in connection to the federal charges, including an iMac computer; external hard drives, thumb drives, memory cards, compact flash cards and removal storage media “containing materials relating to the sexual exploitation of children;” photographic equipment found in Balyo’s house the day of his arrest; everything investigators discovered at Balyo’s storage unit; and “all material transferred to a third party or parties … that relates to the sexual abuse of exploitation of children,” the document says.

Balyo, 35, was a radio host with Christian station WCSG, which cut ties with him the day after his arrest at a Christian music festival in Gaylord, Mich.

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